Question 1

Postmodernism highlights the scientific method and rationality in the discovery of knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Societies characterized by low population density,no full-time specialists or social stratification,whose food is obtained primarily from gathering,hunting,and fishing are:

Accepted Answer

A)  foragers
B)  pastoralists
C)  horticulturalists
D)  intensive agriculturalists A

Question 3

All societies have clearly understood terms to label the domain of culture we call religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The Fore of New Guinea practice mortuary cannibalism,that is,they eat the body of their deceased relatives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Anthropologists frequently apply the term primitive to small-scale societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A definition of religion that is concerned with the role that religion plays in a society is a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  analytic definition
B)  functional definition
C)  essentialist definition
D)  psychosocial definition

Question 7

Ethnographic fieldwork among the Trobriand Islanders was carried out by:

Accepted Answer

A)  E.E.Evans-Pritchard
B)  Bronislaw Malinowski
C)  Karen McCarthy Brown
D)  Alfred R.Radcliffe-Brown

Question 8

An important method of field study in anthropology is participant observation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Defining terms so they are observable and measurable is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  analytic definition
B)  functional definition
C)  anthropological definition
D)  operant definition

Question 10

An agnostic:

Accepted Answer

A)  has not made up his mind about the existence of the supernatural
B)  believes that there is no supernatural
C)  says that it is impossible to prove or disprove the existence of the supernatural
D)  none of the above

Question 11

Which of the following might also be referred to as an ethnographer?

Accepted Answer

A)  a physical anthropologist
B)  an archaeologist
C)  a cultural anthropologist
D)  a linguistic anthropologist

Question 12

Foragers practice simple farming with hand tools,are seminomadic,and lack full-time specialists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Culture is based upon the use of symbols or shared understanding about the meaning of things.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The operant definition of religion proposed in this textbook includes the following characteristics:

Accepted Answer

A)  a belief in anthropomorphic supernatural beings
B)  a focus on the sacred supernatural
C)  an articulation of a worldview and moral code through narratives
D)  all of the above

Question 15

An ethnography is a:

Accepted Answer

A)  comparative study of the social systems of many societies
B)  study of the physical characteristics of a human population
C)  analysis of a nonhuman primate species
D)  descriptive study of a society or culture

Question 16

There are many approaches to the study of religion in anthropology.One approach is to ask the question: What does religion do? What roles does religion play in human societies? This approach is referred to as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  functional approach
B)  psychosocial approach
C)  evolutionary approach
D)  cognitive approach

Question 17

The approach to the study of religion that is concerned with the relationship between culture and personality and the connection between society and the individual is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  psychosocial approach
B)  the functional approach
C)  the analytic approach
D)  the Marxist approach

Question 18

A method of studying communities that is unique to anthropology is:

Accepted Answer

A)  questionnaires
B)  participant observation
C)  psychological tests
D)  recording of oral literature and songs

Question 19

The essentialist definition of religion emphasizes that region is the domain of the extraordinary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The study of religious art excavated from now extinct cultures is a part of the field of archaeology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: The Anthropological Study of Religion

Postmodernism highlights the scientific method and rationality in the discovery of knowledge.

Societies characterized by low population density,no full-time specialists or social stratification,whose food is obtained primarily from gathering,hunting,and fishing are:

All societies have clearly understood terms to label the domain of culture we call religion.

The Fore of New Guinea practice mortuary cannibalism,that is,they eat the body of their deceased relatives.

Anthropologists frequently apply the term primitive to small-scale societies.

A definition of religion that is concerned with the role that religion plays in a society is a(n) :

Ethnographic fieldwork among the Trobriand Islanders was carried out by:

An important method of field study in anthropology is participant observation.

Defining terms so they are observable and measurable is called a(n) :

An agnostic:

Which of the following might also be referred to as an ethnographer?

Foragers practice simple farming with hand tools,are seminomadic,and lack full-time specialists.

Culture is based upon the use of symbols or shared understanding about the meaning of things.

The operant definition of religion proposed in this textbook includes the following characteristics:

An ethnography is a:

There are many approaches to the study of religion in anthropology.One approach is to ask the question: What does religion do? What roles does religion play in human societies? This approach is referred to as the:

The approach to the study of religion that is concerned with the relationship between culture and personality and the connection between society and the individual is the:

A method of studying communities that is unique to anthropology is:

The essentialist definition of religion emphasizes that region is the domain of the extraordinary.

The study of religious art excavated from now extinct cultures is a part of the field of archaeology.